Pakistan beat Ireland in T20I series

Pakistan beat Ireland by six wickets in another one-sided match on Tuesday to win the three-match T20I series 2-1 at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin. After losing the first match by five wickets, Babar Azam’s team emerged victorious in the remaining T20Is.Pakistan again struggled to chase the 179-run target in the third T20I, with opener Saim Ayub leaving after 14 runs. However, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan formed a 139-run partnership that helped Pakistan win and immortalized them.

Pakistan beat Ireland in T20I series

The first 3,000 partnership runs were scored by Babar and Rizwan. They also became the first batting pair with 10-century stands. Indian pair Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul with five-century partnerships are closest. Babar hit three sixes in a row and four in an over to Benjamin White for the first time in his career. After Rizwan (56 off 38) and Babar (75 off 42) left, Azam Khan (18 off 6) led Pakistan to victory in 17 overs. After Ireland started well, Pakistan restricted them to 178/7 in the first innings.

So, after being put into bat first by Pakistan, Ireland lost Ross Adair (7) early. Shaheen Afridi removed him in the third over. Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker accelerated scoring. Before Abbas Afridi dismissed Balbarine (35) after 10.4 overs, the home team reached 100. Tucker stuck to his strategy and attacked Pakistan bowlers.

He scored 73 off 41 balls with 13 fours and a six before being dismissed by Imad Wasim. Visitors wanted to put pressure on the home side with another dismissal. Shaheen beat Neil Rock (4). Mohammad Amir removed George Dockrell (6) from the other end. Abbas dismissed Curtis Campher (1) to continue the run. Pakistan’s MVP was left-armer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who conceded 14 runs and took three wickets in four overs.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Hassan Ali, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir

Ireland: Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (c & wk), Ben White, Craig Young

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